I do not believe in programs for the poor. I believe in wealth programs. Give everyone the tools to be wealthy. That will make America the one nation in the world that the highest standard of living for its low income earners.
In reality, today there are few poor people in our nation based on global standards. We waste a trillion dollars per year keeping people in so-called poverty.
Every penny is run through agency after agency so it takes more and more of your tax dollars.
I was a pretty strong liberal & I admit I was starting to have misgivings on an economic level. After 17 years in private schools I switched 7 years ago to a public system in a low income identified district w/ seemingly unlimited spending.
I have to say that is where my eyes fianlly were opened wide. Unless you have worked in the public sector; health dept., school district, welfare office...........you really have NO idea of the fraud & abuse & generational abuse of the system. I reluctantly voted for Obama in 2008 and I will NEVER make a mistake like that again.
Fewer dollars going to the government means more to go to private bodies. But the attitude among liberals is suggested by the efforts to bully Walmart into preventing the Salvation Army from putting bell-wrings at their doors during Xmas season.